Archive for the ‘MS Partners’ Category

Online Windows Small Business Server 2008 Training Webcasts

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Online Windows Small Business Server 2008 Training Webcasts Some great, free SBS2008 webcasts coming soon, a series of 8! WES02PAL:  Windows SBS 2008 Core Technical Training, Part 1 of 8: Introduction Presented by David Fabritius, Nicholas King and Michael Toot Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:00-11:00am Pacific Time (US & Canada) (GMT-07:00) PLC Registration Link Live Meeting ...

Microsoft to Offer an MSP Platform? Count on it!

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Pay attention folks!  Keep your eye on the ball!  The managed service industry is changing as fast as technology itself.  Do you hear any changes coming your way?  To quote my favorite movie, "Hear that Mr. Anderson?  That is the sound of inevitability." Next thing you know, Microsoft will be displacing ...

SBS 2008 Partner Group Tour Registration Now Open

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

  The creators of Small Business Server 2008 are coming to a city near you! The engineering team that built Small Business Server 2008 is traveling to 15 cities across the United States, showcasing the new technology in the latest version of the award-winning product. Hear first-hand from the creators and ask those ...

Karl Palachuk Gives Microsoft it’s End of Semester Grades

Friday, August 1st, 2008

From A's to F's, Karl gives out grades to each of Microsoft's many vendor faces.  I've very impressed with the accuracy of his assessments.   It was good seeing Karl this past week in Omaha for the HTG meetings.  I'm just glad I'm not the only one that made a fair donation ...

What is Going on Down Under?

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Wow, first Robbie now Susanne?  Must be something exciting happening in the SMB community Down Under.  If not, there soon will be.  ;-)  Congrats to Wayne, Dean, Hilton and all the rest for some apparently well played draft picks!

Take the EBS Beta Exam - FREE!

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Thanks Eric for this great offer! Repost from Eric’s Blog: Here is a great offer just announced by the Essential Business Server (EBS) Team. Free beta coupons for the EBS exam by Prometric! And to make it even sweeter, we’ll take an additional 50% off that, so now it’s FREE! Yes, I ...

FREE MS Press Book

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

The Competitive Sales Assistance (CSA) team has a pretty sweet offer for any of you MS Partners taking MS products head-to-head against their competition.  The offer is composed of two parts. The first offer is for a FREE MSPRESS BOOK that will be sent out to any partner that uses ...

Microsoft Demo Showcase 2008 SMB Edition Download Available

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

While I’ve not checked this out yet is sounds like it might be a good combination of demos and sales material.  If you get a good look at and care to send me your thoughts I would be very interested in knowing your opinion.  The Demo Showcase 2008 SMB Edition ...

MS Partners, do you want to get paid for what you sell?

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

As Microsoft plans it continued rollout of Software + Services (S+S) there are some details that still need to be clarified.  An important one to MS Partners is how we get paid.  While the standard comp structure for Microsoft’s Online Services (SaaS) has been settled upon, they have not made ...

SBS Support Goes to Call-Back Support

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Take a number and wait patiently by the phone please.   That's the new plan for Microsoft's Call-Back SBS Support plan.  It's not going to be cheap either.  So if I sign a monthly retainer instead of paying the standard 4 hour call back fee will I get priority response?  ODG, ...